{"product_id":"the-lives-of-others-das-leben-der-anderen-paperback","title":"The Lives of Others: (Das Leben Der Anderen) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnnie Ring\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study offers a fresh approach to the remarkable German film \u003ci\u003eThe Lives of Others\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), known for its compelling representation of a Stasi surveillance officer and the moral and ethical turmoil that results when he begins spying on a playwright and his actress lover. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnnie Ring analyses the film's cinematography, mise-en-scène and editing, tracing connections with Hollywood movies such as \u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e and Hitchcock's \u003ci\u003eTorn Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e in the film's portrayal of an individual rebelling against a brutal dehumanising regime. Drawing on archival sources, including primary research from the Stasi files themselves, as well as Enlightenment philosophies of art and Brecht's theories on theatre dating from his GDR years, she explores the film's strong but much-disputed claims to historical authenticity. She examines the way the film tracks the world-changing political shift that took place at the end of the Cold War - away from the collective dreams of socialism and towards the dreams of the private individual, arguing that this is what makes it at once widely appealing and fascinatingly problematic. In doing so, she highlights why The \u003ci\u003eLives of Others is \u003c\/i\u003ea crucial film for thinking at the horizon between film and recent world history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnie Ring \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of German and comparative film, literature and cultural theory at UCL, UK. Her research focuses on film, surveillance, technology and the politics of subjectivity. She is author of \u003ci\u003eAfter the Stasi \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury Academic, 2015). She is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eArchitecture and Control\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003eUncertain Archives: Critical Keywords for Big Data\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) and has contributed to \u003ci\u003eThe German Cinema Book \u003c\/i\u003e(British Film Institute, 2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 7.44 x 5.39 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766438330656,"sku":"9781839025303","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e737e412ea7fd15273083386267b792d.webp?v=1780292719","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-lives-of-others-das-leben-der-anderen-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}